Jed Slocum
@w45tr3l.bsky.social
Just a decrepit old goat in the queue for the knacker's yard.
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Jed Slocum
@w45tr3l.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Think for yourselves about the issues. Only sheep need the safety of a herd. #cliques #criticalthinking #politics #Bluesky #mobrule
This has the potential to turn into a shitshow of epic proportions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d9h...
Why the Copenhagen airport drone incident matters | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
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September 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
This has the potential to turn into a shitshow of epic proportions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d9h...
Ok call me delusional if you must, but it does seem like we are slowly but surely being herded into the Orwellian nightmare. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer considering new digital ID scheme to tackle illegal working
The prime minister says the proposal could play an important part in tackling illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ok call me delusional if you must, but it does seem like we are slowly but surely being herded into the Orwellian nightmare. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Creative way to protest, made me smile. Hope they don't get prosecuted, seems likely though. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e37p...
Epstein scandal haunts Trump's UK visit as 4 arrested for projecting images onto Windsor castle
YouTube video by CNN
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September 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Creative way to protest, made me smile. Hope they don't get prosecuted, seems likely though. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e37p...
youtu.be/LRr0ItPYDaA?... I suspect this chap is onto something, expectations are too high and the resulting crash when reality confounds those expectations is going to have serious economic ramifications.
Is AI mania going to mean history repeating itself?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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September 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
youtu.be/LRr0ItPYDaA?... I suspect this chap is onto something, expectations are too high and the resulting crash when reality confounds those expectations is going to have serious economic ramifications.
"The legitimacy of normal politics has collapsed." I heard somebody say that and I thought, "Yeah, it has."
April 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"The legitimacy of normal politics has collapsed." I heard somebody say that and I thought, "Yeah, it has."
Trump plans to reinforce a binary definition of gender based on biological sex at birth, effectively erasing recognition of transgender identities at the federal level. This represents the restoration of sanity in the USA on this particular issue. Hopefully other's will follow.
January 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Trump plans to reinforce a binary definition of gender based on biological sex at birth, effectively erasing recognition of transgender identities at the federal level. This represents the restoration of sanity in the USA on this particular issue. Hopefully other's will follow.
A year ago, wave after wave of drones overflew Langley Air Force Base. It looks like they've learned nothing from those incursions. A foreign power can fly drones over your bases and gather as much intel as they like and you can do nothing about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQe1... #drones #drones
Pentagon confirms unidentified drones flew over Langley Air Force Base
YouTube video by 13News Now
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December 15, 2024 at 9:26 PM
A year ago, wave after wave of drones overflew Langley Air Force Base. It looks like they've learned nothing from those incursions. A foreign power can fly drones over your bases and gather as much intel as they like and you can do nothing about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQe1... #drones #drones
Syria, everybody seems happy about this and I understand why, but couldn't it end up being a fundamentalist hell hole for women, like Afghanistan? Not my country I know but neither was Nazi Germany and it was morally sound to condemn the way they treated people. Power vacuums, scary things. #Syria
December 8, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Syria, everybody seems happy about this and I understand why, but couldn't it end up being a fundamentalist hell hole for women, like Afghanistan? Not my country I know but neither was Nazi Germany and it was morally sound to condemn the way they treated people. Power vacuums, scary things. #Syria
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Mark Simon Bradshaw
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Looking like a scene from The Lord of the Rings, The Isle Of Skye.
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Looking like a scene from The Lord of the Rings, The Isle Of Skye.
December 7, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Mark Simon Bradshaw
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Looking like a scene from The Lord of the Rings, The Isle Of Skye.
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Looking like a scene from The Lord of the Rings, The Isle Of Skye.
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Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Cash from dictatorships and shell companies is entering the political system via legal loopholes
Loopholes in the law are allowing “dark money” to infiltrate UK politics, with almost £1 in every £10 donated to parties and politicians coming from unknown…
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Revealed: UK politics infiltrated by ‘dark money’ with 10% of donations from dubious sources
Trans activists have redefined "woman" to include anyone who identifies as such, even men. This broad scope dilutes the word’s meaning, stripping it of clarity and specificity. When a term encompasses too much, it risks becoming meaningless and fails to communicate anything. #LanguageMatters
November 29, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Trans activists have redefined "woman" to include anyone who identifies as such, even men. This broad scope dilutes the word’s meaning, stripping it of clarity and specificity. When a term encompasses too much, it risks becoming meaningless and fails to communicate anything. #LanguageMatters
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Today's biggest self own comes once again from Kemi Badenoch
November 27, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Today's biggest self own comes once again from Kemi Badenoch
Be very careful when you make a claim about a large group of people. It's quite likely you're making an unjustified claim and possibly even a false claim. How many sweeping generalisation do you see in your feed I wonder, quite a lot right?
November 26, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Be very careful when you make a claim about a large group of people. It's quite likely you're making an unjustified claim and possibly even a false claim. How many sweeping generalisation do you see in your feed I wonder, quite a lot right?
I got my first block. No matter how sensitively, logically and carefully you craft a response, somebody is going to take offense. It's human nature to feel attacked when somebody disagrees with you. Not many people can master their emotions well enough to think critically about their own views.
November 26, 2024 at 9:20 AM
I got my first block. No matter how sensitively, logically and carefully you craft a response, somebody is going to take offense. It's human nature to feel attacked when somebody disagrees with you. Not many people can master their emotions well enough to think critically about their own views.
Why I use AI art: The AI I use avoids using others' art without permission by training on licensed or public domain data. No direct replication occurs; it learns patterns, not copying artworks. It offers me as a non artist unparalleled flexibility in representing my ideas graphically.
November 23, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Why I use AI art: The AI I use avoids using others' art without permission by training on licensed or public domain data. No direct replication occurs; it learns patterns, not copying artworks. It offers me as a non artist unparalleled flexibility in representing my ideas graphically.
Why follow back? I follow people I think might be interesting or entertaining, you should too.
November 23, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Why follow back? I follow people I think might be interesting or entertaining, you should too.
Everywhere I look on here, and on the other place, it's all about how much "we" hate the other side, how stupid "they" are and how much better "we" are than "them". You can't speak about tolerance and kindness while you're organising a witch hunt against anybody you disagree with. #tolerance
November 23, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Everywhere I look on here, and on the other place, it's all about how much "we" hate the other side, how stupid "they" are and how much better "we" are than "them". You can't speak about tolerance and kindness while you're organising a witch hunt against anybody you disagree with. #tolerance
"765874 – Unification" on the Roddenberry Archive's website. This 8-minute film, released on November 18, 2024, commemorates the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: Generations and features William Shatner's return as Captain Kirk: roddenberry.x.io
Roddenberry Archive
The Roddenberry Archive: Legacy of the Starships Enterprise
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November 22, 2024 at 2:15 PM
"765874 – Unification" on the Roddenberry Archive's website. This 8-minute film, released on November 18, 2024, commemorates the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: Generations and features William Shatner's return as Captain Kirk: roddenberry.x.io
Why do we post online? Unless we're exceptional nobody cares what we think. Most of us are not going to change the world or even somebodies mind. It's far from the most rewarding form of human interaction. OK if we're selling something it makes sense but most of us aren't. I wonder why do we do it?
November 22, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Why do we post online? Unless we're exceptional nobody cares what we think. Most of us are not going to change the world or even somebodies mind. It's far from the most rewarding form of human interaction. OK if we're selling something it makes sense but most of us aren't. I wonder why do we do it?
Colour me cynical but won't this give social media companies a sure fire way of harvesting personal information from all their UK adult users, given that they will likely have to have an age verification system in place to enforce the ban. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Social media ban for under-16s 'on the table' says UK government
The tech secretary Peter Kyle also said he wanted an
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November 21, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Colour me cynical but won't this give social media companies a sure fire way of harvesting personal information from all their UK adult users, given that they will likely have to have an age verification system in place to enforce the ban. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.
November 20, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Jay: I think social media should be basically common infrastructure that society gets to use and evolve it as society evolves, building a more democratic form of social media to reflect a democratic society.